I Love Mixing Up My Genres.

More And More, I See Myself As A Folk Musician, And Someone Who Values Context.

He [johnny Cash] Was So Fragile. We Invaded Iraq In March, And He Died In September. And Because His Health Was So Fragile, He Couldn't Take The Controversy Of Making A Public Statement Against The War. He Knew That People Were Rabid. They Attacked Me Mercilessly After I Did The Press Conference With Musicians United To Win Without War. He Knew That He Couldn't Tolerate That.

My Dad Had More Compassion Than Me. He Was Nonjudgmental. He Didn't Care Where You Stood Politically. He Just Took You As A Person On Face Value. He Could Love All Stripes, And That's Why All Stripes Claim Him. He Didn't Judge.

I Dream Of Songs. I Dream They Fall Down Through The Centuries, From My Distant Ancestors, And Come To Me. I Dream Of Lullabies And Sea Shanties And Keening Cries And Rhythms And Stories And Backbeats.

I Think That My Sensitivity To Music Has Actually Deepened And Expanded As I've Gotten Older. You Add More Life Experience.